English Ten Period 3

1. Re-read page 1 of Life is Sweet at Kumansenu.
2. Continue Reading your Independent Reading Novel, and making journal entries.

ERWC period 1

Carefully read Chapter two of Nickled and Dimed. For every eight  pages of reading, select one quote or statement from the book. Copy it down and respond and interact with that statement. What does it reveal? Predict? Show? Connect with? Your response should be at least a folded page (hot dog way)
Also, answer the following questions: 1. How much are customers charged for Maid Service? How much are the maids actually paid? 2. Why does Barbara break out in a rash? What is she able to do that most workers would not, had they broke out in a rash? When Barbara needs help, later on in this chapter, she learns that most of the assistance that is available for the poor is during work hours. Explain the irony in that situation. Why do you think Ted gives Barbara a raise when she doesn't work as much as the other maids, and is not as loyal?
Reading quiz Next Week!
2. Final Draft of your Essay is due on Monday. You have the option of submitting only the Narrative Portion on Monday, and Continuing to work on the Expository part. 

English Ten Period 3

1. Be sure to finish your Character Bio Poem/Open Mind. Be sure to use color and the paper given yo you in class (unlined paper.) Feel free to use art, colors, markers and colored pencils.

ERWC Periods 1 and 6

All students should have used their smartphones or computers to research a Timeline of the Top Ten Developments in your identified area for your research paper. This should serve as the foundation for the expository portion of your essay. Final Drafts are due on Monday, October 5th.

ERWC Period 1 and H. Expos. Comp P.6

1. Be sure to visit the link and re-read the Intro and Chapter 1 (To Nickle and Dimed), if you did not have a chance. Additionally, you may still turn in the classwork/homework from last Friday which was the SOAPS on Revise for Evidence and the study questions for Nickle and Dimed.
2. How much does it take to be Middle Class? Look at the chart found here : What does it mean to be middle class?
3. Then, with that range of numbers in mind for California, print/download the Cost of Living Calculations. Then calculate the costs for food, rent or mortgage, utilities, transportation costs; clothing; car payment; car insurance; phone; and basic necessities. You may ask your parents for some of their actual expenses for things or use the web to assist you.

ERWC Period 1/H. Expos Comp. Period 6

Nickled and Dimed: Introduction and Chapter One 1. Near the outset, Ehrenreich (speaking of her own sister) employs the term “wage slave.” What does she mean by this?

2. What are the three rules the author sets for herself at the beginning of Nickel and Dimed? 3. Early on, the author tells us that she has a Ph.D. in biology. How, if at all, does this figure into the narrative

CHAPTER 1 – SERVING IN FLORIDA 1. Early in Chapter One, Ehrenreich notes that, in terms of low-wage work, “the want ads are not a reliable measure of the actual jobs available at any particular time.” Explain why this is so.

2. At one point, Ehrenreich details the living conditions of her fellow workers at the Hearthside. Reviewing these arrangements, explain how each set-up compares with the author’s own “$500 efficiency” quarters.

3. Waiting tables at Jerry’s, the author meets a young dishwasher named George. Who is he? What is his story? Why do he and Ehrenreich befriend one another? And why does she not “intervene” when she learns from an assistant manager that George is thought to be a thief?

4. On her first—and last—day of housekeeping in Key West, Ehrenreich is met by a manager who addresses her as “babe” and gives her “a pamphlet emphasizing the need for a positive attitude.”  Why do you think this is important? What does this reveal?

5. In an extended footnote in Chapter Two, Ehrenreich explains how “the point” of the housecleaning service where she is employed “is not so much to clean as to create the appearance of having been cleaned.” Why is this? Why the deceit? Why does The Maids outfit not clean its clients’ homes properly?

ERWC p. 1

Please define the following words: impoverished; poverty; autonomy; dependence; dysfunctional.